MetodoInternational Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy is an international, peer reviewed journal founded by the association “Metodo” in 2012. Its aim is to promote the dialogue between phenomenological scholarship and other scientific and philosophical currents of thought.

Each issue is devoted to a specific topic, and it is edited by two editors. Metodo welcomes proposals by scholars external to the editorial board to be editors of a thematic issue.

A section “Varia” is open to articles on other topics which are relevant in the contemporary philosophical discussion. The number of articles accepted for this section is limited to a maximum of three articles per issue.

Metodo publishes both articles which are systematic in nature, as well as articles with a more historical character – provided that they offer a relevant contribution to the current debates concerning the topic of the issue.

We publish articles in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian.

Concerning the Publication Ethics, Metodo is committed to the Best Practice Guidelines of COPE.

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Lessons from Anarchist Eugenics

Anne O’Byrne

Abstract

There is a tension between present and future at the forefront of anarchist thought: if we reject authority, how can we bear the authority we inevitably have over those who come after us? This is not a problem exclusive to anarchism, but a tension that is also embedded in every politics that strives to both promote freedom and sustain itself as the best possible structure for the realization of that freedom. While “anarchist eugenics” sounds like an oxymoron, it was a theme developed in Spanish anarchist thought in the 1920s and 30s as it addressed this problem and struggled to sustain revolutionary practice. The cause of freedom and equality could be served and “the race of the poor” eliminated by sex education, free love and conscious generation.